Preparing for this class

Expectations

• Short time frame:
  • 3 weeks
  • 5 days per week
  • 3 hours per day
• It is going to be very demanding!

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• You need to become very comfortable with your Java development environment.
  • Minimize down-time on technical issues.
  • Increase actual coding time.

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Use an IDE of your choice, do the following in five minutes or less:

• Write a hello.java program in Java that prints out “Hello, World!”.
• Compile and run the program in a terminal using javac and java.

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• CSC 241 provides you with a valuable collection of data structures and algorithms.
• This course will provide you will an opportunity to implement or use these data structures and algorithms (if the language has a supporting library).

• Keep 241’s book and notes close by!

• Individual weekly assignments:
  • Collection of invididual problems
    • Write-up of thought process on solving these problems.
  • Participation in the weekly LeetCode content on Saturday night.
    • Does not have to be live.
    • You get LeetCode coins if you participate live and get ranked!
• Individual weekly team assignments every Friday
  • 2-hour in-class live competition.
  • Debriefing on the remaining hour.

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A pragmatic look at cheating

• Most, if not all, problems that you are solving in this class are fairly well-known and there exist solutions out there.
• It is possible to search and copy and paste, but that defeats the purpose of this class, which is for you to learn how to become better at programming and technical interview.
• Learng for the sake of learning, not for the grade.